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Marais, Marin (1656 - 1728)

Sample page — 564x ⇩ Score — 797x ⇩
Dessus I / Hautbois I / Violons — 179x ⇩, Dessus II / Hautbois II — 155x ⇩, Flûtes I & II — 162x ⇩, Haute-contre — 149x ⇩, Taille — 153x ⇩, Quinte — 152x ⇩, Basse continue / Bassons — 173x ⇩

Sources of the instrumental suite from “Alcione” are: a) a manuscript of the score, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Bibliothèque-musée de l'opéra, A-69 (in this source some pages of the Chaconne are missing) ; b) manuscript of separate parts, Uppsala, (Uppsala, (S-Uu)) Vok. mus. i hs. 28°, RISM ID no.: 190025010.

Version 1.0
Sample — 595x ⇩ Score — 264x ⇩
I Dessus — 175x ⇩, II Dessus — 156x ⇩, Haute-contre — 166x ⇩, Taille — 173x ⇩, Basse — 162x ⇩
Ouverture — 388x ⇩, Premier Air pour la Suitte de la Nimphe — 308x ⇩, Bourée pour le mesmes — 384x ⇩, Gigue — 218x ⇩, Rondeau pour les Plaisirs — 405x ⇩, Air pour la descente de la Gloire — 354x ⇩, Ouverture pour Servir d'Entr'act — 441x ⇩, Chaconne — 317x ⇩

Source of “Arianne et Baccus” is the ms. of the score, Philidor collection, digital library Gallica, BNF, Paris. Caption title: “Arianne et Baccus / Prologue”. The present edition includes all the instrumental pieces from Prologue and the Chaconne from Act III.

This edition, version 2.0, collects two previous publications, correcting some transcription errors and presenting a new editorial format.